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Company: Google LLC
Current Parent Company: Alphabet Inc.
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Penalty: $9,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: November 28, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: A group of state attorneys general announced settlements with Google and iHeartMedia resolving allegations that Google paid DJs, predominately at iHeartMedia, to offer misleading personal endorsements of the Google Pixel 4 cell phone, even though most had never used the phone. This conduct violated California's False Advertising Law and Unfair Competition Law. As part of the settlement, Google will pay $9million and iHeartMedia will pay $400,000. Both companies will also be required tocomply with injunctive terms to deter future misconduct.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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